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diff --git a/development/cryptoki/slack-desc b/development/cryptoki/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6f6ff07534 --- /dev/null +++ b/development/cryptoki/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on +# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must make +# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also customary to +# leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler--------------------------------------------------| +cryptoki: cryptoki (cryptographic API) +cryptoki: +cryptoki: This standard specifies an API, called Cryptoki, to devices which +cryptoki: hold cryptographic information and perform cryptographic functions. +cryptoki: Cryptoki, pronounced crypto-key and short for cryptographic token +cryptoki: interface, follows a simple object-based approach, addressing the +cryptoki: goals of technology independence (any kind of device) and resource +cryptoki: sharing (multiple applications accessing multiple devices), +cryptoki: presenting to applications a common, logical view of the device +cryptoki: called a cryptographic token. +cryptoki: http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=2133 |